Building construction



D. BRUHN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 9, 1923 ATTORN EY Patented @et 7, 3.92%..

UNITED STAIRS isiasie DANIEL BRUHN, O HOBART, INDIANA.

l T BUILDING- CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed March 9, 19223. serial No. 623,937.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BRUHN, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing at Hobart, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of" which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a building construction and has for its primary object a .building construction wherein the major portion of the building is constructed fromV steel.

An object of the invention is the construction and association of various parts of steel whereby the cost of the structure is greatly reduced and besides the strength thereof greatly increased.

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the novel manner of assembling and cutting the steel plates to form rooms and rigidly supporting the same by steel beams. i

With these and other objects in View the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connec'tion with the accompanying drawing wherein y Fig. l is a diagrammatic view illustrating portion of a building constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are detailed enlarged sectional views.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many constructions of my invention the numeral designates a plui'ality of channel beams supported upon the usual brick wall 2 and in turn supporting the roof structure consisting of the angularly disposed inner lconnected roof beams 8. I provide a plurality of steel plates i which are arranged in vertical and horizontal series that abut to form a room. These plates it will be seen that the plates are rigidly secured to the beam and the beams are of suchV strength and positioned so as to rigidly support the plates and prevent sagging. It will be noted that the plates, besides giving ac curate formation to the room, are arranged in abutting relation in such manner that heat of the room is kept in and cold air prevented 'from forcing its way into the room. beams used are arranged and the plates connected and associated that the strength of the building is greatly increased and besides the amount of work is greatly reduced thereby greatly reducing the cost of constructing a building.

It is, of course, to be understood that the plates may be given any shape found necessary and cut in various other manners than illustrated and besides the clamps may be constructed in various other ways and connected to the beams in other manners and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended. y

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. In a building construction, a channel beam, metallic plates having their adges flanged and arranged in abutting relation, a spacer between the beam and plates and abutting said flanges, bolts securing the spac-r to the flangesand clamps connectedto the bolts and vsei-cured over said beam.

2. In a building construction, a U shaped channel beam, metallic plates having theiredges flanged and arranged in abutting re. lation beneath the channel beam, a spacing block disposed between the plates and the intermediate portions of the channel beam. and in abutting relation with said flangedy edges, a clamping plate having its ends bent over one edge ofthe channel beam and its other end disposed in abutting relation with the flanged edges of the plates, and securing; bolts passe-d through the clamping plate, the flanged edges of the metallic plates and the spacer blockers for securing said elements together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DANIEL BRUHN.

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